Leslee Foley

Leslee Foley

@lesleefoley.bsky.social

The truth is my light. Better living through science. Book-a-holic. Politics, nature, medicine, history ... the world is a fascinating place.

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Just a thought. Stock up on N95 (or better) masks before bird flu goes human to human. When it does, you won't be able to get an N95 mask anywhere, at any price.

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Thinking about Jim Foley. He was murdered by ISIS militants 12 years ago today in Syria. He covered American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Reported on the “Arab Spring” in Libya and later on the civil war in Syria.

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This is absolutely bananas. Trump says we’re suspending exercises with South Korea because of his “really good relationship” with Kim Jong-un. North Korea is nuclear-armed, threatens South Korea, and is actively helping Russia wage war against Ukraine.

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They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina

Macy's is getting rid the women's plus-size departments in all their stores. Plus-size will be carried online only. How very very disappointing. They have lost my business. I'm canceling my Macy's card and will no longer use them for any other purchases.

NYTIMES The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century.

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There is no way the republicans would be anything less that outraged if Obama had taken almost $2 billion of taxpayer dollars and given it to people he pardoned for trying to steal an election. Every republican in congress who doesn’t speak up and prevent this is complicit

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❤️‍🩹The reunion of two loyal friends after a long separation – a Ukrainian soldier and his dog. First, the dog seemed to scold him for being away so long. Then it started hugging him. I’m not crying. Something just got in my eye.

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Large and strong tornado on the ground visible NW of #Purvis, #Mississippi and headed toward #Hattiesburg, MS NWS just upgraded this to a PDS Tornado warning. Take shelter now. This is an incredibly dangerous storm #mswx #tornado #wxbluesky #severewx

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A #TORNADO EMERGENCY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MEADVILLE! THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF DESTROYING THE ENTIRE TOWN! ABOVE GROUND SHELTER WILL NOT PROTECT YOU FROM THIS TORNADO! GET TO AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER NOW! #MSwx #weather #WxSky

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JAN updates Tornado Warning [tornado: OBSERVED, damage threat: CATASTROPHIC, hail: 1.75 IN] (cancels Adams [MS], continues Franklin [MS]) till 7:15 PM CDT Link

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I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

This is a news peg for a previous plea, that the Pulitzer board award the Miami Herald's Julie Brown a special citation, having missed the chance to give her the investigative prize years ago. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...

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They asked if I wanted to spend early mornings, late nights, weekends, & at least one vacation going through tens of thousands of pages of court records. It sounded like heaven Honored to have been awarded today a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting w/ NYTimes colleagues

Just announced: A special citation was awarded by the Pulitzer Prize board to Julie K. Brown of The Miami Herald for her work in 2017 and 2018 that exposed how Jeffrey Epstein was shielded by prosecutors despite his systematic abuse of young women. Her reporting led to his arrest in 2019.

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Don "Macedonio" has worked in Central Coast vegetable harvest for more than 40 years. He's worked 30 of the years under a UFW contract. He's proud that her will retire in a few weeks with a UFW pension. #WeFeedYou

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When Trump pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with Tehran in 2018, Iran lacked even a single bomb's worth of uranium. Since then, it accumulated 22,000 pounds of enriched uranium. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.comHow Iran Accumulated 11 Tons of Enriched UraniumTwo months after the United States began a war meant to prevent Iran from ever building an atomic bomb, the fate of its stockpile of enriched uranium remains a mystery.

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Replying to @lindseyslatertv.bsky.social

Tornado warning. Oconomowoc, Summit, Pewaukee, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha. I'm watching Ryan Hall y'all on YouTube

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Kristi and Bryon Noem were oh so devout, They preached what good morals are all about. All while she was with Corey And he became Laurie Leaving homeland security very much in doubt.

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BIG political win for former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Dunn in competitive Democratic primary for U.S. House seat in Maryland .. Pelosi’s home state. Per campaign

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I think the bigger problem is that there are probably millions of people in this country that don't know we've gone to war, or don't care, as long as the WiFi is on and there's something good on TV.

Phil Stevens@philstevens19.bsky.social

The military leadership that came of age in Vietnam (Powell, Schwartzkopf) knew the value of clear objectives that could be achieved militarily vs softer political goals that can’t be achieved at gunpoint. I’m concerned that a new generation isn’t as vocal about it. What do you think, Professor?